English

ergocentric

From ergo- + -centric.

Latin ergō

Middle English ergo ‘thus, consequently, ergo’

English ergo

Proto-Indo-European *ḱéntrom ‘pointed tool’

Proto-Hellenic *kéntron

Ancient Greek κέντρον ‘something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur’

Ancient Greek κεντρικός ‘of or belonging to a cardinal point’

Today it means

adj Focused on work.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / ergocentric